TOKYO/LONDON -- The U.K. formally asked Monday to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership in a push to expand and deepen the country's trade links with the Asia-Pacific region after leaving the European Union.
U.K. International Trade Secretary Liz Truss spoke with Yasutoshi Nishimura, Japan's minister for the pact and chair of the CPTPP Commission in 2021, and Damien O'Connor, New Zealand's minister for trade and export growth -- the country serving as the depository for official CPTPP documentation -- to get the ball rolling.
